View of Rear Tire Carrier of Woody Station Wagon, 1946

Summary

In March 1946, Ford Motor Company sent photographers to its Iron Mountain plant on the Menominee River in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where workers produced handcrafted station wagon bodies from local hardwood. This photograph shows the rear tire carrier of one of Ford's popular postwar "woodies."

In March 1946, Ford Motor Company sent photographers to its Iron Mountain plant on the Menominee River in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where workers produced handcrafted station wagon bodies from local hardwood. This photograph shows the rear tire carrier of one of Ford's popular postwar "woodies."